The document summarizes a book review of "One life to RIDE: A Motorcycle journey to the high Himalayas" by Ajit Harisinghani. It provides background on the author, an overview of the book's 4300km motorcycle journey across India from Pune to Kashmir, and highlights some of the people and places encountered along the way. The review notes the book shows India's diversity of cultures and could inspire readers to take their own motorcycle trips. In 3 sentences, it summarizes the book takes readers on the author's long motorcycle journey across India experiencing the country's varied landscapes and people.

1. One life to RIDE: A Motorcycle
journey to the high Himalayas
By-Ajit Harisinghani
Book review presented by: Mohit Kaushik
ASO(DR), Batch 290
RANK-308

2. About the author
 The name of the author is Ajit
Harisinghani
 He lives in Pune
 He master’s degree in speech in
pathology
 He has his own website named -
www.speechfoundation.com
 He believes in JRD Tata’s adage –
“Live life a little dangerously”

3. ● One life to ride takes you on a 4300Km long journey that starts
from Pune and ends in Kashmir
● It takes you across the hot and dusty plains of India to one of
the highest motorable roads in the world – Khardung-La in
Ladakh
● Along the Journey you will meet Sufi saints, fake fakirs and
homesick soldiers
● You’ll get stuck in an icy road river and be miraculously rescued
● You will see how friendly and hospitable people in India are and
the stress an average Kashmiri feel every day
● You’ll feel entertained and exhausted by the physical
arduousness of a motorcycle ride
Overview of the book

4. Vipassana International Academy
● It is a meditation Centre
● Located in Igatpuri, Maharashtra
● It was opened in 1976
● Vipassana means seeing things as they are
Diary note

5. Intriguing title with
beautiful cover
01 Easy to READ
02
It is easy to read with
occasional photographs that
add special touches
Diversity of India
03
Shows how diverse India is
along with myriad cultures
Passion for
Motorcycling
04
This book can covert any
person into a motorcycle
enthusiast
What I liked

6. Lacks wow factor
01 Abrupt ending
02
Excessive use of
insignificant terms and
abrupt ending at some
places
What could have been Better
Somehow, the overall
experience of having
travelled with the author
leaves one with a frustrated
whimsical feeling of needing
to go there to experience it
in person.

7. Writing style - 3.5/5
01 Subject – 4/5
02
Relevance – 3.5/5
03 Entertainment
quotient – 4/5
04
Conclusion
A book for travel enthusiasts – if you like travelling or
you think in future you also want to go on a solo trip or
if want to learn about north India’s remote areas then
you should read this book

8. “We should periodically put ourselves
through some physical discomfort, even
disgust, to better appreciate the good
things we take for granted in our everyday
privileged lives.”
— AJIT HARISINGHANI

9. THANK YOU